Support for disappearing doors.



A. VANDERVEYQEL DOORS. APPLIOATIOH TILED AUG. 5, 1909.

Patented Nov. 1,

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ANTHONY VANDER'VELD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB T0 GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE COMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SUPPORT FOR DISAPPEARING DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 5, 1908. Serial No. 511,898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. ANTHONY VANDER- vn'Lo, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids. in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invent.-

' art to which it appertains to make and use into the case; 9

the same.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for disappearing doors for show cases and other lilte structures, and its ob ject is to provide the same with various new and useful features whereby the door is adjustably supported and guided in its move ments, and it consists essentially of the various novel features of construction and arrangement, hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a device embodying my invention with parts broken away; Fig. 2 a vertical sectionaldetail'on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 the some on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a plan view of a portion of the device; Fig. 5 the same with the door in closed position; Fig. 6 a horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 a detail in elevation showing the opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1; and, Fig; 8 an enlarged vertical sectional detail on the line 88 of Fig. 1.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents the. end of ashow case; 2 the top rail of the same; 3 the top plate of the case; i a piiaster at'the front of the case; 5 the base rail at the end of the case; 6 adisappearing door for the case adapted to turn at. right angles to its closed positiori and run back edgewise into the case; 7 a vertically disposed movable stile which carries the door; 8 a guide strip secured to the top rail of the case and projecting downward therefrom at its lower edge to guide the stile, and also to engage a groove in the upper edge of the door and guide the same when runback a track spaced apart from the base rail 5 and supported thereby; 10 u roarwardly projecting plate rigidly secured to the stile 7 and movable close to the face of the track. Grooved rollers are provided on one side of the late and stile and in the plane of the trac to traverse the track and carry the stile and door. The roller 11 traverses the upper edge of the track 9 and is located opposite the stile 7 to su port the same. The roller 12 traverses t e under side of the track 9 and is located near the inner end of the plate 10 to support the stile 7 in vertical position.

The upper end of the stile 7 traverses Patented Nov. 1, 1910. v

directly beneath the guide strip 8 and is slightly thicker than the same. Plates 13 are secured to the stile by bolts 16 to slldably embrace the strip 8 and .thus support and guide the stile 7. An upper hinge member 14 is adjustably secured by the bolts 16 to the inner surfaceof the inner plate 13, and the inner'end of said hinge member is turned at right an les behind the stile 7 and provided with an at ju sting screw 15 which takes the outward strain of the weightof the door and adjusts the said hinge member hdrizontally to adjust the upperend of the door toward and from the stile, so that when the door is opened out the groove in its upper edge will adjust accuratelyv in line with the guide strip to receive the same without bindmg. The other hi e member 17 is secured to the door and the mint/of this upper hinge is just-able relative to the member 14, as the lower hinge is vertically adjusted as hereinafter described. The hinge member 19 at. the bottom of the door is mounted in a yoke provided with a vertical clearance as at 18, whereby the member 17 is vertically ad- 21 attached to the stile 7, and is vertically adjustable therein by means of a screw 20 on which screw it is also adjustable about a vertical axis, by means of a clamping bolt 23 extendiug'through a vertical slot therein to bring the bottom of the door sidewise of the stile {in proper position in the front of the case when the door is closed. The other members of this lower hinge are pivoted to each other and moored to the bottom of the door in the usual way.

'By turning the screw 20 the door is vertically adjusted to properly receive the guide 8 in the groove at the/cop of the door, and also to avoid binding of the door at the top or bottom when closed.

By means of the described construction, the door is thus uickly and easily adjusted in all necessary directions, and can thus be brought into correct relation to the guides and the ease, whereby it. will move treely and close properly.

To limit the outward movement of the door to the proper position to close against the inner edge ot the pilaster 4, a pro ection 21 is seeured to the plate 10, which projection engages a stop 25 on the base 5, and thus-limits the outward movement of the device to the proper position.

'hat I claim is:

:1. i door support; comprising a movable stile, a downwardlyprojecting guide strip t'aversed by the upper end of the stile, a door pivotally supported by the stile and Q having a groove in the top edge to receive the guide strip, means for adjusting the top of the door toward and away from the stile and means for adjusting the door vertically.

QJA door support comprising a movable stile, a downwardly projecting guide strip traversed by the upper end of'the stile, a track at one side of the stile and traversed bv the lower end of the same, a. door pivot ally supported by the stile and having a groove to receive the guide strip, means for adjusting the door toward and away from the stile at the top and means for adjusting the door sidewise of the stile at the bottom.

3. A door support comprisinga movable stile, a downwardly projecting guide strip engaged and traversed by the upper end of the stile, a track at one side of the lower end of the s'tile'and on which the stile is mov-' ably supported, a door pivotally supported by the stile and having av top groove to reeeive the guide strip, means for vertically adjusting the door, means for adjusting the top of the door toward and away from the stile, and.- means for adjusting the bottom of the door sidewise.

I l. A door support. t-omprising airupper f guide strip having its lower edge projecting j downward, a carrying rail, a movable stile below the guide strip, sideplates embracing l the said strip and atta hed to the stile, a l rearwardly projecting plate seeured to the l stile. a grooved roller on the side. of the stile [traversing the upper edge of the rail, :1 j grooved roller attached to the projecting end 1 of the side ol the plate and tr: iversing the under side of the rail, a door hinged to the stile and supported therelrv, said door also l having a groove in its upper edge to enga e I and traverse the guide strip and means tor I adjusting the door vertically and horizontally relative to the tile and guide strip. 5. A door support. eomprisiug a horizonl tally movable stile. an upper guide strip l having its lower edge projecting do\\'n\.'ard, l: lower supporting rail, guide platesattached to the stile and slida ly embracing the guide strip, a plate attached to the stile and extending alongside the rail. a grooved roller on the side oi the stile and traversing the top of the rail. a grooved roller on the side of the plate and traversing the under edge of the rail, a longitudinally and vertically adjustable hinge near the top of the stile, a vertically and laterally adjustable hinge near the bottom of the stile, means for adjusting said hinges, and a door carried by the hinges and provided with a groove in its upper edge to receive and traverse the guide strip.

ln testin'iony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A FTHON Y VAN DERVELD.

\Vitnesses PALMER A. Jones, "LU HER V. MOULTON. 

